Great Bear Wilderness all these diamonds

Clarence wondered then, briefly, back to the time he'd spent with the humans and their cages and the other dogs and wolves that were also fighting for their lives. The boy had been lucky not to have been killed in the several months he'd been fighting, ripped to pieces and only partially healed before being sent back in. Did he have a choice?

"I don't think you're right," he said quietly, ears lowering. "I think if I had chosen not to, I definitely would've been killed. Either in the fights or by the two-legs." Though that was probably a choice, too, in this kid's mind.

The boy looked back over at Matty with a frown. "I didn't say you were innocent," he said in surprise. "You told me you didn't kill anyone. Have you ever seen someone forced to kill?" It wasn't accusatory - more like he was stating facts.